David W. Whitlock David Whitlock is the president of Oklahoma Baptist University. Active in a variety of professional organizations, Whitlock has served as a consultant-evaluator with the Higher Learning Commission since 2006. He has completed four academic institution evaluation visits, including a site visit to a Chinese institution. He also is an evaluator and mentor with the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, working with institutions standing for accreditation by the ACBSP. While at Southeastern, he directed the university's Small Business Institute from 1990-97, working with small business development in the Durant area. Whitlock serves on the boards of trustees for First United Bank, and Integris Baptist Medical Center. He also serves on the board of the Oklahoma Independent Colleges and Universities, International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, and Consortium for Global Education. He is a member of the Shawnee Rotary Club and serves as Chair-elect of the Executive Committee of the Shawnee Chamber of Commerce. David W. Whitlock's Resources Racial Reconciliation Article Racial reconciliation and responsibilities: An address at OBU by David W. Whitlock This is the final post in a two-part series. You can read the first part here. What does the call to action for racial reconciliation mean for us as believers in general and what might that mean for us at... Continue... Racial Reconciliation Article What “shalom” has to do with racial reconciliation: An address at OBU by David W. Whitlock This is the first part in a two-part series. The year I began college was a year of international unrest, national anxiety, and angst. It was also the year that I began to understand that the dream of Martin Luther... Continue... Education Article Remembering Our Purpose in Christian Higher Education by David W. Whitlock The perennial cycle of academic communities launching a new academic year has commenced. This seasonal shift is a familiar ritual repeated throughout our nation from elementary schools and home schools to university systems. For a significant part of our populace,... Continue... Racial Reconciliation Article Whatever our differences, love one another by David W. Whitlock Easy comes the belief that, "all is well," as long as there are no disadvantages or harms levied against my family, my party, my tribe, my faith, my community. So long as those we love are not in harm's way,... Continue... Christian Living Article Rethinking Atticus by David W. Whitlock The first time I met Atticus was at the theater. He was tall, spoke with a quiet confidence, walked with a sense of dignity, and looked remarkably like Gregory Peck. Atticus Finch was a hero, unafraid of disrupting the narrow-mindedness... Continue... Culture Article Careless People by David W. Whitlock My summer reading list this year included the book, Duel with the Devil, the account of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton working together as the original legal dream team for a young carpenter named Levi Weeks who was accused of... Continue... « »